English

Shawswick

From the surnames Shaw + -s- + Wick.

Formed from Shaw + -s- + Wick

Proto-West Germanic *skagō

Old English sċeaga ‘copse, thicket’

English Shaw

Proto-West Germanic *weukā ‘flax bundle’

Old English wēoce

Middle English wek ‘fibrous cord drawing fuel to flame of a…’

English Wick

Today it means

name A township and unincorporated community therein, in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Shawswick